Title Rayy : from its origins to the mongol invasion : an archaeological and historiographical study / by Rocco Rante ; with a contribution of Ghadir Afround.

Publication Info.	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
	©2015

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Description	1 online resource : maps (some color).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ; volume 4
	Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ; v. 4.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Geographical setting -- Historical setting -- Previous surveys and excavations at Rayy -- Topography of Rayy -- Excavations at Rayy -- The ceramics of the excavation (2006-2007) -- Urban development.
Summary	This book offers a new history of the ancient city of Rayy. Based on the results of the latest excavations and surveys, and on the study of historical and geographical texts, the complete occupation sequence of the city comes to light, from its foundation in the Iron Age and the Parthian reconstructions (2nd to 1st centuries BC), up to the Mongol invasions and rapid depopulation in the 13th century CE,
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Subject	Ray (Iran) -- Antiquities.
	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iran -- Ray.
	Excavations (Archaeology)
	Iran -- Ray.
	Ray (Iran) -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Rante, Rocco. Rayy 9789004279292 (DLC) 2014037398 (OCoLC)884242832
ISBN	9789004280700 (electronic book)
	9004280707 (electronic book)
	9789004279292
	9004279296